Patterned Spring Shirt

Today, I am styling a pretty spring look fresh from Italy.  I am optimistic that we will get to wear sandals soon even though I saw on the weather forecast that it is going to get cold again with some snowflakes here in Indiana later this week!

I got this cute Italian top at Violet Boutique on our trip to Laguna Beach.  I don’t typically wear a lot of patterned shirts but wanted to try something different.  If it is cold, this works with booties too.  I think this is cute for spring or fall.  I like to buy things I that can be worn more than one way or more than one season.  I really like all the details on this top like the green lace along the neckline and bottom plus the tie on the back of this top.

I also wanted to get a close up of these cute earrings that that go great with this top.

Some of you may have noticed that I have not styled my dress I wore to my sister-in-law’s wedding.  Unfortunately, things have not gone as planned.  I was unable to get any good pictures of just me in it or of me and my husband together since he was wearing a tux while we were in California.  I recently tried to get pictures of it here at home and those didn’t turn out well either!  Maybe, I will do a post on it eventually!

While I am on the subject of photos, I want you to know that the only editing I do to is cropping them and playing with the lighting to get the colors to look right.  Like anyone, I do try to post the best photos I can, but I do not try to correct any facial wrinkles or body flaws I might have.  What I look like in real life is what you will see in the photos I take.  I want to encourage being happy and comfortable with what we look like just as God made us!

It seems for the past few weeks my life has been just a comedy of errors.  I can’t seem to get things accomplished as quickly or as well as I would like.  If you are feeling like nothing is going right or you are struggling to keep up with daily life, I want you to know you are not alone.  I have been there a lot lately.  More importantly, God wants to be there with you.